Shooting after Alabama football game leaves 1 dead, 8 injured

A mass shooting outside a football game in Alabama on Saturday killed one person and injured eight others, police said.The shooting happened outside Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, after the annual "Magic City Classic" football game. Police Chief Michael Pickett said most spectators and families had already left the stadium property when shots rang out. The shooting, he said, happened nearby, where vendors were set up along Graymont Avenue.Pickett said it was a "completely senseless act of violence" and that he was "very grateful that more people weren't injured.""This is something that we not only just see here in Birmingham, but we see it all over the nation," he said. "And it's important that we, as a community, address this issue."The circumstances of the shooting were unclear.Police spokesperson De'Rell Freeman said one person had been detained and transported to police headquarters for questioning, and "multiple weapons" had been found and secured.Alabama State and Alabama A&M are historically Black universities and archrivals whose annual contest has been played for more than 100 years.

Nearly 70,000 fans attended Saturday's game, won by Alabama A&M 31-28. The event draws some of the largest crowds in the country for games played in their college football division.The Magic City Classic has such a deep history that Alabama State coach Eddie Robinson Jr., a former NFL